Bessie James

Bessie James of Lower Makefield Township, Pa., died Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 at Sunrise of Lower Makefield. She was 88.

Bessie was a homemaker and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She resided in the Yardley-Makefield area for the past 60 years and was a member of St. Ignatius Church.

She was the wife of the late Joseph James and mother of the Anthony James. She is survived by four sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph E. and Marlene James of Glendale, Ariz., Richard A. and Sharon James of Hamilton, N.J., Patrick and Barbara James of Levittown, Pa. and Timothy and Michele James of Yardley, Pa.; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Margaret Murphy of Levittown, Pa.; nine grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, at the FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home, 17 S. Delaware Avenue (River Road), Yardley, Pa. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday evening at the funeral home. FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home

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